Chieko Higashiyama
Acting
Born September 30, 1890, Chiba, Japan
Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980) was a Japanese actress. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress. She trained at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō, a pioneering theater then-famous for modern Japanese plays and translated performances of Western playwrights. Higashiyama appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." She also appeared in films, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound directors' poll.
Filmography
- 1971Love and Death
- 1971Maboroshi no Satsui
- 1971Sweet Secret
- 1971The Gentle Japanese
- 1970Live Again Tomorrow — その
- Oyaji Daiko
- Kotoshi no Koi
- 1967Shogun and His Mistress 2 — Eiho, nun
- 1966The Kii River — Toyono, Hana's grandmother
- 1965The Radish and the Carrot
- 1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple — Strange Beauty
- 1963Ano hito wa ima
- 1963Sing, Young People! — Okada's grandmother
- 1962A Woman's Life — Shizu Tsutsumi
- 1962Diary of a Mad Old Man — Hama, Tokusuke's wife
- 1962Love School
- 1962Mount Hakone
- 1962Nippon no obaachan
- 1962This Year's Love
- 1960Shisha to no kekkon
- 1960Spring Dreams — Grandma
- 1960The Wandering Princess — Nao Sugawara
- 1960When a Woman Loves — Relative
- 1959The Most Valuable Wife
- 1959The Sky Is Mine
- 1959The Snow Flurry — Tomi
- 1958Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring — Mrs. Chiyoda
- 1958Hana no yukyo-den
- 1958The Loyal 47 Ronin — Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
- 1958The Nun — монахиня Масамицу
- 1957Duel at Noon
- 1957Itohan Monogatari — Owasa
- 1957The Blue Sky Maiden — Shizue Hirooka
- 1956Ai to chie no wa
- 1956Here It is Quiet
- 1956In Case of One Woman — Natsuko Hashiba
- 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
- 1956Virtue in Spades
- 1955Farewell Song
- 1955Floating Weeds Diary — Backstage Attendant
- 1955If Indeed One Loves — Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
- 1955Miss Teacher
- 1955School Girls in Costume
- 1955Shichinin no ani imōto
- 1955The Doctor
- 1955The Maid's Kid
- 1954A Samurai's Love
- 1954How the Bell of Liberty Rings — Yukichi's Mother Ojun
- 1954The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
- 1954The Garden of Women — Schoolmaster
- 1954The Princess Sen
- 1954The Second Kiss
- 1954Women's House
- 1953Aiyoku no sabaki
- 1953An Heir's Place
- 1953Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
- 1953Shishun no izumi — Retired Person
- 1953Sincere Heart — Ichi
- 1953Tokyo Story — Tomi Hirayama
- 1953Yassamossa
- 1952Carmen's Innocent Love — Maid
- 1952Eternal Song of Nagasaki
- 1952Kanojo no tokudane
- 1952Sisters of Nishijin
- 1951Ah, Youth
- 1951Early Summer — Shige Mamiya
- 1951Fireworks Over the Sea — Mitsu
- 1951Swords and Brocade
- 1951The Idiot — Satoko, Ayako's mother
- 1951The Tale of Genji — Lady Kokiden
- 1951The Woman’s Reflective Pool — Unnamed
- 1950Four Seasons of Women — Mother
- 1950I Saw a Phantom Fish
- 1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
- 1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
- 1950Rain on Jogashima
- 1950Spring Snow — Mother Okasaki
- 1950The Angry Street
- 1950The End of the War
- 1949Broken Drum — Nobuko
- 1949Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
- 1949Here's to the Young Lady — Yasuko's mother
- 1949Late Night Confession
- 1949Ningen moyo
- 1949The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
- 1948Apostasy
- 1948The Portrait — Nomura's Wife
- 1947Chikagai nijuyojikan
- 1947Futari de miru hoshi
- 1947Marriage — Fumie's mother
- 1947The Love of the Actress Sumako
- 1946The Girl I Loved — Mother Okin
- 1944Battle Troop
- 1943Port of Flowers — Okano
- 1943Wakaki sugata — Kitamura's wife
- 1937The Siege of Osaka — Yodo-dono
- 1932Rikugun Daikoshin
- 1927Reimei